WO2007098109A3 - Hydrogen-generating solid fuel cartridge - Google Patents

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WO2007098109A3
WO2007098109A3 PCT/US2007/004276 US2007004276W WO2007098109A3 WO 2007098109 A3 WO2007098109 A3 WO 2007098109A3 US 2007004276 W US2007004276 W US 2007004276W WO 2007098109 A3 WO2007098109 A3 WO 2007098109A3
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Guanghui Zhu
Xiao-Dong Xiang
Jonathan Melman
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Guanghui Zhu
Xiao-Dong Xiang
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Abstract

Disclosed herein is a novel hydrogen-generating, solid fuel cartridge which may be used to provide hydrogen to a protein exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The cartridge contains a mixture of the hydrogen-generating solid fuel and a catalyst. The solid fuel/catalyst mixture has a packing fraction greater than about 55 percent. Throughout the fuel/catalyst mixture is means for distributing the liquid reactant; there is also a network of hydrogen-collecting, gas permeable membranes for removing the hydrogen product from the cartridge. The hydrogen-generating solid fuel cartridge may further include a liquid reactant distribution plate for distributing the liquid reactant to the solid fuel/catalyst mixture in a substantially uniform manner. The distribution plate has distribution channels arranged in a fractal pattern.
PCT/US2007/004276 2006-02-17 2007-02-16 Hydrogen-generating solid fuel cartridge WO2007098109A2 (en)

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